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Warren Henry / The Federalist:
Liberals Adored Trump When He Was Winning The GOP Primary
Discussion: Salon and Washington Post
Michael Gross / The Daily Beast:
Inside Donald Trump's One-Stop Parties: Attendees Recall Cocaine and Very Young Models  —  The morals of Donald J. Trump, as a longtime model lover and then a modeling agency owner, were forged in another era, one in which young girls were used as a sort of currency between men doing business with one another.
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Fact-free conservative media is a symptom of GOP troubles, not a cause  —  My colleagues Oliver Darcy and Pamela Engel have written a good account of the Republican Party's captivity to its own disinformation complex of talk radio and conservative websites that push both extremism and false information.
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Business Insider:
The GOP must do something about the conservative media industrial complex if it wants to survive  —  Standing before a Miami audience, sleeves rolled up, President Barack Obama was hard at work campaigning for Hillary Clinton.  —  But, as he sometimes does when he's riffing on the stump, the president took a detour in his speech.
Tami Luhby / CNNMoney:
Obamacare premiums to soar 22%  —  Obamacare premiums are set to skyrocket an average of 22% for the benchmark silver plan in 2017, according to a government report released Monday.  —  The price hike is the latest blow to Obamacare.  Insurers are raising prices and downsizing their presence …
Discussion: The Federalist, Townhall.com and ASPE
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Obamacare's double-digit rate hike, explained in 400 words
Discussion: Politico and twitchy.com
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Obama administration confirms double-digit premium hikes
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Obamacare in 2017: Much higher premiums, much less choice
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Reid: ‘I have set the Senate’ for nuclear option  —  (D-Nev.) is predicting a Democratic-majority Senate next year could break out the “nuclear option” to change the rules on Supreme Court nominations.  —  The outgoing Democratic leader told Talking Points Memo that he's paved …
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Stressed About the Election?  If So, You've Got Company (POLL)  —  For all their sharp differences, supporters of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have one thing in common: election-related stress.  —  Nearly half of all likely voters in the ABC News tracking poll, 46 percent …
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NBC News:
Poll: Republican Party Fractured As Hillary Clinton Maintains Solid Lead
Discussion: Political Wire
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Obama reads round two of ‘mean tweets’ on Kimmel  —  President Obama will appear on ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” late Monday night, reading a second batch of “mean tweets” about himself.  —  ...bro, do you even lift?" he read. “  Well, I lifted the ban on Cuban cigars.  That's worth something.
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Florida spirals away from Trump  —  From polling to early voting trends to TV ad spending to ground game, Donald Trump's Florida fortunes are beginning to look so bleak that some Republicans are steeling themselves for what could be the equivalent of a “landslide” loss in the nation's biggest battleground state.
Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
Trump's Campaign Is Launching a Nightly News Show on Facebook  —  Welcome to the Donald Trump show!  —  Tonight, the Trump campaign is kicking off a show that will air on the candidate's Facebook page every night at 6:30 pm ET via Facebook Live from the campaign war room at Trump Tower.
Kenneth Lipp / The Daily Beast:
AT&T Is Spying on Americans for Profit  —  On Nov. 11, 2013, Victorville, California, sheriff's deputies and a coroner responded to a motorcyclist's report of human remains outside of town.  —  They identified the partially bleached skull of a child, and later discovered the remains …
The Brickmuppet / Brickmuppet Blog 2.0:
Steven DenBeste 1952(?)-2016  —  Steven DenBeste has passed away.  —  I just received word from Steven's brother, graciously thanking me for making the welfare call to the police and confirming that what many of us feared had indeed come to pass.  I did not inquire as to specifics …
Betta Stothart / Washington Post:
How angry does Donald Trump make me?  Angry enough to steal 40 Trump signs.  —  How a middle-aged mom became a political vandal. … Donald Trump campaigns in Bangor, Maine, on Oct. 15.  (Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images)  —  FALMOUTH, Maine — I committed a crime this month, along with two of my friends.
Discussion: Central Maine
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump on porn actress who accused him of misconduct: 'Oh, I'm sure she's never been grabbed before'  —  (CNN)Donald Trump on Monday addressed the latest accusations of inappropriate sexual contact made against him, saying of the accuser, an adult film performer, “Oh, I'm sure she's never been grabbed before.”
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Kent Justice / WJXT-TV:
Trump quieter, but makes similar points in one-on-one interview  —  GOP presidential nominee gives interview, meets with first responders  —  ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Speaking with Donald Trump before he took the stage at the St. Augustine Amphitheater Monday afternoon, the Republican nominee …
Discussion: NBC News
CNN:
How the GOP's first female presidential campaign manager manages Donald Trump  —  Conway on Trump: ‘He delivers his own speeches’  —  (CNN)Morning at the Conway household is like mornings in most homes with children.  It's a scramble to get the kids fed, dressed and out the door on time for school …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Fearing Trump, Bar Association Stifles Report Calling Him a ‘Libel Bully’  —  WASHINGTON — Alarmed by Donald J. Trump's record of filing lawsuits to punish and silence his critics, a committee of media lawyers at the American Bar Association commissioned a report on Mr. Trump's litigation history.
Discussion: The Week, Mediaite and ThinkProgress
Telegraph:
Pro-Trump fundraisers agree to accept illicit foreign donation  —  Donald Trump's presidential campaign is facing a fundraising scandal after a Telegraph investigation exposed how key supporters were prepared to accept illicit donations from foreign backers.
Lanny J. Davis / The Hill:
Time for Clinton supporters to be tolerant and believe in ‘stronger together’  —  This column is tough to write.  I know that, out of context, I might be accused of wanting to pull punches on GOP nominee Donald Trump  —  and on many of his extreme, hateful supporters.  —  The opposite is the case.
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Twitter Planning Hundreds More Job Cuts as Soon as This Week  —  Company may announce around third-quarter earnings report  —  Twitter said to plan cut of about 8 percent of workforce  —  Twitter Inc. is planning widespread job cuts, to be announced as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter.
Fox News:
ACLU chapter: High school's police event sends ‘frightening message’  —  A New Jersey high school has come under fire after holding a ceremony honoring law enforcement, military and first responders before a football game Friday night.  —  According to NJ.com, an organizer with the New Jersey chapter …
Stuart Rothenberg / Washington Post:
House wave still looking more like a ripple for Democrats  —  My ears perked up when a handful of voices — ranging from the astute folks at NBC News's First Read to veteran politics watcher Elizabeth Drew and Goldman Sachs — suggested recently that a political wave might be brewing.
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
Forget Trump and Clinton.  ‘Black Jeopardy’ is SNL's best political sketch this year.  —  Just before midnight Saturday, Tom Hanks put on a denim shirt, a goatee and a red “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” hat, and in six minutes pulled off the best political sketch of the year …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
We're in the Universal Derp Implosion  —  Donald Trump is giving a raging, rambling speech with accusations against everyone and everything.  But there's one thing he flagged that everyone needs to understand the details about.  —  Here's what he said ...
Discussion: The Week
CNN:
Clinton leads by 5 heading in to final two weeks  —  (CNN)Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 5 points as the presidential campaign heads into its final two weeks, with the Democratic nominee's support just shy of the 50% mark, according to a new CNN/ORC poll.
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Christine Rousselle / Townhall.com:
Miley Cyrus Visits GMU To “Register Voters” For Hillary One Day After Registration Deadline Passes
Discussion: Daily Wire
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Why Obama Won't Listen to Reason on Obamacare
Discussion: Instapundit
Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Could Hillary Clinton Win Texas? Some Democrats Say Maybe
Cleve R. Wootson Jr. / Washington Post:
He wanted to kill his ex-wife. So he murdered her family to use their funerals as bait.
Discussion: AOL
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Republicans' Worst Nightmare Isn't What They Think It Is
Discussion: New York Magazine
Gabe Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton aims to run up the score
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Tom Hayden, '60s Activist and Liberal Statesman, Dead at 76
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Ben Botkin / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
RJ poll shows Clinton adding to lead over Trump in Nevada
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Woman Groped At Protest Against Trump's Groping, Police Say
Matt Fuller / The Huffington Post:
Republicans Threaten Lawsuits Over TV Ads Linking Them To Donald Trump
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
THIS IS BIG=> DONALD TRUMP Continues Lead in Florida Early Voting
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
Trolls for Trump  —  Meet Mike Cernovich, the meme mastermind of the alt-right.
Philly.com:
Despite plea for leniency, Kane gets 10 to 23 months in prison
 

 
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George Steer / Financial Times:
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

James Hunt / The Block:
Bitcoin's fourth halving is now complete, lowering miners' block subsidy rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC; the third halving was on May 2020

 
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